Daily Archives: April 12, 2018

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday commended the Abia State Government for its initiative in the health sector by establishing “Abia Telehealth”. Osinbajo gave the commendation while inaugurating the project code-named as “Dial-a-Doctor” and described…

The Federal Ministry of Education has said that more than 20 persons, who were parading fake foreign academic credentials in the country, were arrested in the last two years. Mrs Justina Ibeh, the Director, Education Support…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday announced the death of three corps members during their service year and presented State Honours’ Award and cash prizes to 14 outstanding ones in Lagos State. Mr…

A 50-year-old man and his son, aged 16 years, Reuben Enosegbe and Reuben Destiny have been arraigned before an Evboriaria Magistrate Court in Benin City for the alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl. The accused…

Five more African athletes may have vanished from the Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, Australia, on Thursday after eight competitors from Cameroon were suspected to have fled a day earlier. Gold Coast organisers confirmed reports…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed a Nigerian, Prof Fola Tayo, to serve on its Advisory Group for the availability and affordability of Cancer Medicines. Tayo, who is the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the…

Nigeria has moved five places up, now 47th in the world and sixth in Africa with 635 points in the April FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings released on Thursday. In the previous rankings, Nigeria was on 52nd position with 609…

Germany is investigating 431 cases of possible right-wing extremism within the armed forces, local media reported on Thursday. The Military Counter-Intelligence Service was looking at 431 cases, of which 23 were new. The official figures,…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the authorities of two Nigerian universities to reverse the recently increased school fees or face legal action. SERAP, in a statement signed by Mr Timothy Adewale,…

Russia’s consumer rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, reported on Thursday that as many as 561 cases of hotel accommodation overpricing had been registered across the country in cities selected to host matches of the 2018 FIFA World…